... European countries at the expense of losing its independence. Henry Cabot Lodge, a republican senator opposed to Wilson's foreign policy, addressed the president regarding this matter: "Sir, we are told that this treaty means peace. Even so, I would not pay the price. Would you purchase peace at the cost of any part of our independence?" (3). Lodge proceeds to address past wars in which independence versus peace was at hand. The true concern of the general public, however, lied within an issue much greater than a loss of independence; it was, in fact, with the fear of losing the American spirit: its independence, capitalism and democracy, which, Lodge notes, were paid for with a high price. He concludes his address to Wilson with: Can you hope for peace when love of country is disregarded in your scheme, when the spirit of nationality is rejected, even scoffed at? ... With a ...

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